Quilting-frame



(No Model.)

H. T. DAVIS. QUILTING FRAME.

PatentedOot. 24, 1.882.

STATES HENRY T. DAVIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM J. WALSH,

OF SCOTTSBOROUGH, ALABAMA.

QUILTING-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,581, dated October 24, 1882.

' Application filed January 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY T. DAVIS, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Quilting-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an adjustable quilting-frame having three legs, so that it will stand on an uneven surface without liability of rocking, and of improved construction, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The drawing is a perspective view of my improved quilting-frame.

A B represent the legs of one end of the frame, and G the leg of the other end. The legs A B are connected together at or near their centers and to the leg U by a horizontal connecting-bar, D. To the tops of the legs A B are secured adjustable arms A B by means of bolts to and b passing through holes in the legs and through slots to and Z) in the arms. The bolts have heads on one end and thumbnuts on the other end. It will be seen that when it is desired to adjust this end of the frame it is only necessary to loosen the thumbnuts, raise or lower the upper portion of the frame, and retighten the nuts.

is an arm secured to the upper end of the leg 0 in the same manner by bolt 0 and slot 0, and for the same purpose as those secured to the legs A B.

E E are the rollers to which the quilt is secured. arms A B, and at the other end by cross-bar F, which is secured to the arm 0 at or near its center.

F is a distance-bar on the rollers E E, inside the arms A B. ends, which form shoulders to prevent the bars F and F from moving inward. The arms A and B are kept from moving outward on the rollers by washers held in place by screws inserted into the ends of the rollers. The bar F is prevented from moving outward on the rollers by the ratchet-wheels f, secured to the ends of the rollers. The rollers turn freely in their bearings. f are pawls secured to the They are supported at one end by the 5 The rollers have reduced bar F, so as to be engaged with the ratchetb 1), leg G,oentral of the cross-bar F, and hav- 6o ing sliding arm 0, secured by bolt-and-slot connection 0 a, and the connecting-bar D, ex-

tending from the crossed legs AB to the middle of the central leg, 0, as set forth.

. HENRY T. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

